Many blame the poor for being unable to sustain their lives in the systems of this society - not realizing the fact that there are many #eugenics at play and this is some of what many of the #marginalized call systemic oppression
The #disabled community has been marked and labeled as "dangerous" as have #minorities and those living in #poverty
The truth is our existence stands as proof that "hard work" doesn't save you from death and despair or poverty
It doesn't matter where you land on the bipartisan "democracy" of the US and many other countries - this is a #colonialist and #capitalist mindset and we see proof of it in #Congo and #Palestine
I fear for my life even if I survive today, even if I make rent, even if I get food
I fear for my mother's life if I am too mentally unwell to function this system will execute her, she's old, brown, an immigrant, disabled - marked as useless to society
Discovery Land Company (DLC) plans to create a private resort for the mega-rich on over 8000 acres of land at #TaymouthCastle, #Kenmore, #GlenLyon and areas around Loch Tay. They threaten to destroy natural habitats & cultural heritage along with land access rights for the people of Scotland.
DLC sales brochure claims Scotland is “an untouched playground”
Pease help protect #LochTay from this corporate #colonialist attack.
One more proof #US goal is to sap #UN. Who gives weapons to a #colonialist#government imposing an #apartheid system, leading a unilateral #war & committing #genocide ? Who bombs another country to support it ? Who cut funding to complicate humanitarian response to that situation ? Who would even still listen to #Netanyahu 's bad faith ? Bad guys themselves like #Biden.
We're at a loss for words. A video circulating shows an elected MP - @wayne_long_sj@waynelongmp - confronting protestors who were just peacefully exercising their rights under the Canadian Charter. It's hard to fathom, but this isn't just any encounter. This MP singled out individuals, showering them with "Shame on you" accusations. And there's more; behind this MP, his secretary Jeanette Arsenault can be heard telling a person of color, "If you don't like Canada, go back to your home" – a disheartening sentiment that echoes xenophobic undertones. This is #Canada, where every voice has the right to be heard, not silenced and intimidated. It gets worse. Imagine, an MP allegedly doxxing a person of color – spreading dangerous misinformation, putting their safety at risk. That's not accountability; that's harassment. Now, take a moment. Imagine a Palestinian Muslim, a person who's already suffered unimaginable loss, with 55 family members killed in the ongoing war in Gaza, including 10 close cousins. That individual also faced this MP's baseless shaming and doxxing. This is about human respect, which seems to be forgotten here. This is unacceptable. The leader in question must be held answerable for these racist and irresponsible acts. These actions aren't just about the individual they target but about the larger picture they paint; they contribute to misleading narratives about the Palestinian community and their supporters in Canada.
A study on #UniversalBasicIncome#UBI from 2020 is now peer-reviewed and published. The study gave $7500 cash to homeless people in Vancouver and compared their outcome versus a control group. The result was clear:
“The recipients of the cash transfers did not increase spending on drugs, tobacco, and alcohol, but did increase spending on food, clothes, and rent, according to self-reports. What’s more, they moved into stable housing faster and saved enough money to maintain financial security over the year of follow-up.”
Further, each person who moved into stable housing one year faster saves the city over $8000 per year, which makes this program cheaper than existing housing programs.
Universal Basic Income works. It sounds so obvious when you say it out loud, but: giving people cash lifts them out of poverty. We need to do that more.
“A Canadian study gave $7,500 to homeless people. Here’s how they spent it.”
This idea of a society where people are provided with a fair and just basic income is a very bad one for #capitalism. It would just deplete the "work market" from people forced to work for survival.
Once everyone has their basic needs of food, housing, healthcare and education fullfileed, the only way we can get people to work will be by raising their wages to levels where we won't be able to support #shareholders and #billionaires. That would be the end of western #colonialist civlization as we know it.
A large part of poor countries' budgets is spent on repaying high-interest "development loans" to rich countries (who have looted their resources in the past, and some in the present).
There's not much left for education, health care, or #climate adaptation. And every climate-driven disaster leads to more high-interest loans.